Work glove



Patented Mar. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES WORK Donald L. Creese and Wilbert E.

field, and Alfred G.. Mller,

GLOVE Davis, Spring- Greeneld, Mass.

Application February 19, 1935, Serial No. 7,204

1 Claim.

'Ihis invention relates to improvements in gloves or mittens and is directed more particularly to the provision of novel work gloves or mittens which may be manufactured simply and inexpensively and which may be sold at a low cost so that they may be discarded after use.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide gloves, mittens, or the like of usual shape which may be manufactured economically and which are novelly adapted for use as work gloves. That is to say, the gloves of this invention, while adapted for many and various uses are inexpensive so that they may be discarded after use.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a glove, mitten or the like which is not only substantially water-proof, but which does not become slippery when wet. and at the same time may be readily slipped on and off the hand.

As a further feature, the gloves or mittens of this invention, while they are substantially water-proof are suiliciently exible for working purposes. To this end we provide a glove or mitten of inexpensive water-proofed material which, according to the preferred form of the invention, is longitudinally creased or corrugated to provide' expansibility and flexibility and permit ready movement of the hand and glove. The fact that the glove is pleated or corrugated makes it possible for the glove to i'lt relatively snugly hands of various sizes. f

It is a distinct advantage of the glove of this invention that it is inexpensive and may after becoming soiled be discarded while it is substantially water-proof. This is not the case with work gloves made from such materials as canvas, cotton, rubber and the like and which because of their cost must be used over and over again.

Various other novel objects and advantages of the invention will be more apparent after a reading of the following description which is taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the glove of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross section view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 showing how the plies are corrugated;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l showing the plies in opened relation; and

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of an apparatus adapted to corrugate or pleat the glove of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail the invention will be fully described.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a glove G having a main body portion 2, the usual four-:finger portions 4, and a'thumb portion 6. As is usual, the glove may be made in various sizes and may if desired take the form of a mitten or the like 5 having a separate portion for the ngers and a pocket for the thumb.

According to the preferred form of the invention, the glove .G is formed by securing together two separate glove-shaped members I0 and I2 in such away ythat a pocket is provided. The glove-shaped members are preferably substantially similar insizeand shape and are secured to one another inany one of various ways, such as by stitching or byV means of some adhesive 15 material, as at s in Fig. 3.

It is, of course, preferable that the members I 0 and I2 be secured to one another in such a way that maximum flexibility is attained. Thus, they may be secured together along their side 20 marginal edges and up and around the finger and thumb portions as by stitching and unsecured at their lower marginal edges.

It is preferable that the glove-shaped members are outwardly slightly as shown in Fig. 1 so 25 that the hand may be readily inserted within the pocket.

The material from which the glove or mitten of this invention is made is more or less variable but in order that one of the objects of our inven- 30 tion may be accomplished we have found that paper is very satisfactory. This is because paper is thin, relatively inexpensive and yet strong and pliable.

It is also desirable that the material from 35 which our gloves are made be substantially water-proof. Accordingly we have found that the type of paper commonly referred to as parchment, or the like, produces excellent results.

Paper is particularly suitable for this purpose 40 not only because it is relatively inexpensive, pliable and may be Waterproof, but in the case of parchment particularly, it is strong and has the desired toughness yet at the same time such material is sufciently pliable so as not to inter- 45 fere with bending of the joints of the hand when in use.

According to the preferred form of the invention, the glove-shaped members I0 and I2 are corrugated as by means of co-acting rollers R shown in Fig. 4 having alternate ridges and grooves in their peripheral surfaces. The paper is run between these rollers in such a way that the resulting pleats or corrugations extend longitudinally of the members as shown. It will be seen that in this way the glove is rendered expansible and conveniently flexible.

As a further feature, the paper from which the glove-shaped members are made may be creped which tends to permit even more expansion of the glove and render it even more suitable for working purposes.

When creped paper is used it is preferable that the creping, c, extend transversely of the members as shown in Fig. 1. In this way, it will readily be seen, that when the hand is inserted within the glove, the longitudinally-extending corrugations and transverse creping not only permit ready movement of the hand therein but make it possible for the glove or mitten to be fitted over hands of varying thicknesses and sizes. This is, of course, a decided commercial advantage.

The gloves of the invention, being water-proof, flexible and expansible, are adapted for use in many kinds of work, such as by a baker 8 in kneading bread and the like, or as by a mechanic.

It is to be noted that the glove of the invention is formed of two members secured in such a way that a pocket having two separable walls is provided. Because of the corrugations, these walls are expansible and because of the creping they are pliable and relatively stretchable.

It is a further feature of the invention that since the gloves are made of paper orsimilar material, it is possible to make them in various colors. This is a commercial advantage and adds but little to the cost of manufacture of the A gloves as contrasted with the cost of colored gloves of rubber, cloth and the like.

'Ihe gloves of this invention, as stated, are adapted for many uses, particularly in housework of all kinds and may be used for the application of cosmetics and for use in driving automobiles. Since the gloves cost but very little to manufacture they may be economically thrown away when soiled. Because of their simple and novel construction they are neither hot nor slippery and they are very pliable.

While we have described the invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes andY modications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Wha't it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

As a new article of manufacture, a Work glove of the class described comprising in combination, a. pair of adjacently-disposed hand-shaped members having adjacent marginal edge portions secured together to form an open-ended pocket for receiving the hand, said hand-shaped members being formed of crepe paper with the creping extending transversely of the members to permit longitudinal flexing of the hand and being provided with corrugations which extend longitudinally of the members to permit transverse stretching of the hand. l I DONALD L. CREESE.

WILBERT E. DAVIS. ALFRED G. MLLER. 

